Wall construction



J. A. CORN.

WALL CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED Ammo. 19m.

1,334,842. Patented Mar. 23, 1920.

JOHN A. CORN, OE CRAVVFORDS'V'TLLE, INDIANA.

'WALL CONSTRUCTION.

Application filed April 30, 1918.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN A. Conn, a citizen of the United States,residing at Urawfordsville, in the county of Montgomery and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in WallConstruction, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in wallconstruction, and the primary object of the invention is to provide awall construction, that is adapted to be easily placed in position, thevarious parts thereof being manufactured separately and readilyassembled, the wall comprising a plurality of tiles adapted to bepositioned in set-in frames, curely held between upright posts. The wallmay be either single or double, as desired, and the tiling and also ifsuitable the frames and posts being formed of some plastic materialAnother object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is easily and simply constructed, inexpensive to manufacture, andone which will be very efficient in operation.

llith these and numerous other objects in view, my invention consists ofthe novel features of construction, combination and an rangement ofparts which will be herein referred to and more particularly pointed outin the specification and claim.

lln the accompanying drawings:

Fighre 1 is a side elevation of a portion of the wall, and

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section through the same.

In describing my invention I shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughoutthe several views.

The numeral 1 designates the baseboard of the wall construction, whichis provided at spaced intervals with a plurality of upright posts, thepost 2 forming the corner post, and the post 3 one of the side posts ofthe wall. Certain faces vof the post are provided with parallellongitudinally extending grooves 4: therein, a pair of the grooves beingemployed when it is designed to use a double wall construction, but itis obvious that a single groove is employed where a single wallformation is used. The inner face of the post 3 is provided with asingle groove 5 extending longitudinally thereof,

Specification of Letters Patent.

and said frames being so Patented Mar. 23, 1920. Serial No. 231.708.

that receives the outer edge of the partitioning wall as is obvious.

Adapted to be positioned in the grooves in the adjacent faces of thepost, are a plurality of substantially rectangular shaped frames 6,which have their side edges adapted to be positioned in the grooves, asis clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, and each. of the frames 6 isprovided with a longitudinally extending center bar I, and a pluralityof spaced transverse bars ll, that divide the frame into a plurality ofsections. Each of these sections is substantially rectangular shaped,and each inner edge thereof, intermediate ends, is provided with adovetail projection portion 9 for a purpose to be hereinafter more fullydescribed.

Adapted to be positioned in the various sections formed in the frames 6,are a plurality of. tiles 10, which are fo aned preferably of someplastic material, and which are correspondingly shaped to the site ofsaid sections, each tile 10 being provided on its outer edge,intermediate its ends, with a dovetail notch 11 that receives theprojecting dovetail portion 9 of the adjacent edge of the section of theframe. This cooperative connecting means between the edges of the tilesand the inner edges of the sections of the frame will securely hold thetiles in position.

If it is desired to llllliie the wall construction permanent, somecement mortar is em ployed to secure a positive connection be" tween theframes and the posts, and to securely loclr the tiles within the frames.Where it is, however, found desirable to make the wall removable, a.type of mortar, preferably mud mortar, is employed that securely holdsthe various parts together, but perinits the removal thereof when foundsuitable. The posts are adapted to be formed in various shapes is foundsuitable and necessary according to the formation of the wall. Althoughthe accompanying drawings show a straight wall construction, it isobvious that the various parts of this device may be curved, so that itis suitable in constructing round silos and like articles. Thepartitioning wall of the device, illustrated in Fig. 2 of the drawings,and designated by the numeral 12, is a single wall construction, whilethe outer wall is double for a purpose which is obvious. All of theparts of this wall construction are preferably formed of plasticn'laterial,

although it is obvious that any other desired material may be utilizedin the construction thereof.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings, it is thought that a clear and comprehensive understanding ofthe construction, operation, and advantages of my invention may beVHaving fully described my invention,

what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

A wall construction including a plurality of upright posts provided withvertical grooves in their sides, frames positioned between the posts andfitting into the said grooves and provided with cut-outs to providelongitudinally and transversely extending bars having side extensionsforming dovetailed lugs, and panels positioned in the cut-outs of saidframes and provided with recesses transversely through their side facesto provide undercut seats receiving the lugs of the bars and providinginterlocking connections between the bars and edge portions of thepanels to securely hold said panels in position.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature hereto.

JOHN A. CORN.

